New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-13


The moral OF literary secaranlsn ~ very m,en IKE
the moral of strikes II man Is not satisfied MIN n
forbds any ono else to take it up he becomes an enemy
to free labor those who dislike either realistic OF
ideal writing simply their kits and depart az men dc
who strike in shop; why hang about the doors
and knock on the head anybody VINO wishes 10 Iahe T
the work yOu have laid down l-tCoonel Hlggnson III
The Independent
Mr. STFpMAN's DETENTION OF CEITCISM.-Criticism Is
the art and practice of declaring in what degree any
yersey and implied in this definition. the office OF crt
csm is TO and declare what Is wrong e. III "ha'
degree work fails 10 conform to the rght ;. M, ,
HE ideal spirit of criticism IL pure and HIGH The de-
clarer OF right in its various provinces assumes the
nerception supported by acquired knowledge, his as
sumption will be characterized In the inVdone sense OF
The word He may have his special tastes and canings
but private deratons have nothing TO do win ms
decisions An unfair critic is worse than an nrlgeous
the .lass most sensitive OF all 10 injustice and stupidity
He will quick declare what IA fine in their work.
and will point with the hearing that makes for
reform rather than dlscouragemcnt on te other hand
he viii show no enicnce TO promoters OF haSrant hGres
the accused are either highly meIltorious or guilty 81
crime III the first decree. But the maxim de minim'
also is he regarded what is hopceSSy dul or nSS-
nacaut may be left 10 the gracious law of natural decay
THE Epoch.
LOWELL As CRITiC-As poet, Mr.. Lowell has given
us no slight evidence Of large imaginative powers but IN
his criticism this element is occasionally somewhat want
Ing He does not seem 10 he so mlfh or an mag,
native interpreter Of many OF ns subjects as man of
ine tastes expressing his likes and dslkes He has
literary judgment Of no common order his taste Is not
tye his power Of appreciation and his sympathy are
keen and strong hut here. at least he hardly shows
himself great critic. This does not, of course prevent
his work from being is. not only extremely pleasant
and readable, but fun OF shrewd ana correct opinion and
of that power OF estimating literary work AT its trac
value which OF wide knowledge OF te great works
OF human genius.-lIhc London Spectator
TRUE Ll1r,rY CRIuclsN-The faculty Of true literary
AIRY sympathy the power of ana SIS good TASTE sound
hutf hoN do npf Ia
,rv rritrs,n hrfort a things demands imarinm,ou TO
critical and the imaginative faculties are 20 often con
trasted; yet in truth. it is without i'm
acinaiiOn Is the SOlN'utht which he reduces Ia
By this quality the design ana execution, tie
HE abstract and The rcc The idea and its accidents
become III the Inspiration of The poet or The painter.
fused and made one in manifestation lrtrrminc!od aud
intercharred To eeparatc them and 80 Ia show clearly
the cause and Impulse OF their union, tie spell that ORIGIN
ally Joined them must he east again Like the diane ud
Imagination alone can work upon imagination. Them
have hecn more nanstaking students OF literature and
who will refuse to name hcs as TIE greatest critics
and us critics in whom II by the IMAGINATION that rc
ana tho pDcls and the artists work Is RENDERED
true and living The Lohdon SPECTATOR
Mr.. RIDER HAGGARD'o YoU>G PiRSov-We are at the
mercy Of The Young Person, and dreadful nuisance
that, speaking personally and With humility he thinks
little hard that al fiction shoGd be JUDGED b The test
TO whether or 10 II is suitable reading for grl ~ six
teen. There are plenty Of people write book Tor
little grls I'm the schOOrOOm let the little giTls It al
them leave the works written for aud women 10
their elders. French nauralisn Is one thing. and The
unreal mandy pamby nonsense viii when The market Is
flooded here Is quite another surely there T. middle
PATH " rs do hardly eve" read novel; Because,
In ninct ynnc ont OF hundred. II f. utterly false
pctare OF Z ana. failing Iva mat. u certainly docs
not take gro Work of EIeh Imagination. The
ordinary pOpul. ci-h novel represents ne IS u is
considered desirable that schoolgirl, should suppo'c il 10
be. he Contemporary Review.
Mr. HAIL CAMS Old WoH>%-i won!d rcoicc
TO the nOVclist5 art cut away from the
bonds in which the critical Journalist and the critical
nOvcliStessayst have leagucd together 10 bind IT,
The real object is Old Woman of LOih ,rNc. The
Old Woman must have had bad time IN rhakcsI' 1rcs
day when the best Of EUrds plays bore - uil' which s"
fOHHd 1t impossible to PronOunc, and she as had many
bad bout since then. But Ior tnc last forty nitt
years In England she has hal every within consulted,
every rheumatic ache and goity pain s"ot,cd away,
every Earring noise banished from her cs. the
Nld Won fOuTishcs best In America. where He ulTht
least have expected peace. There She finds the Aumor
OF Dickens 10 be much mere noise and huOonT. AND
his pathos 10 be much silly sentiment. Hence the od
Woman drives Dickens from the home 81 IoNcs back 20
that Old country which u still known 10 banker after old
fashioned va! OF making people laugh and weep The
Academy.